Wire-stretcher.



No. 700,235. 'Patented may ,20,2 |902., .l v ANDERSON WIRE STBETCI-IEB. A'(Appli'amm med me. 12, l1901.)`

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:UNiTED STATES;

JAMEsv. ANDERSON, or oLARxsoN, NEBRASKA. 'f

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,285, dated May`2JQ,"1902. l

Application led December 12 1901. Serial No. 85 1G93. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES V. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clarkson, in the county of Colfax and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Wire- Stretcher, of whichtlie following is aspecication.

The invention relates to improvements in Wire-stretchers.

The object of the presentinvention is to iinprove the construction of wire-stretchers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eilicient one of great strength and durability adapted to be readily operated and capable of continuous operation, whereby a fence-wire may be readily stretched to the desired tension without removing the wire-stretcher from it.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wire-stretcher of this character adapted to be readily applied to the ends of a broken fence-wire and capable of enabling thesame t0 be drawn together and held whilethe ter# Y A vthe boxes or casings is adapted to effect a continuous stretching of the wire, which is minals of the wire are being connected.

The invention consists in th'econstruction and novel combination and arrangement of; parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1' is a perspective view of a wire-stretcher constructed in accordance With this invention. Fig. 2 vis a reverse plan of the same. 3 is a trans-` verse sectional view illustrating the construction of the boxes or-casings. Fig. -l is a detail perspective view of one of the spring-actuated dogs.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts 'in allthe igures'of the'drawlugs. y

1 designates a-plate or frame provided with a bracket or support 2,Within-Which is pivoted by a bolt 3 or other suitable fastening device an operating-lever 4, which is adapted to be oscillated to reversely reciprocate a pair of boxes 5 and 6, which are provided with `means for engaging a fence-wire and which are adapted to alternately stretch the same until the wire is drawn to the desired tension. The lever is fulcrurned between its ends and is pivoted at opposite sides of the bracket to the adjacent endsof longitudinal bars 7 and 8, extending from the lever to the boxes or casings. The reciprocating bars are secured to the-lever by screws 9 and 10 or othersuitable fasteningv devices, landy theirouter ends areisecured to the boxings or casings at opposite sides thereof.

The boxings or casings are arranged substantially inrlongitudinal alinernent and are approximately rectangular in cross-section and have dared outer ends, and the outer box or casing is fixed to the outer end of the reciprocating bar 7, whichextends beyond the inner casing or box. The plate or frame l is provided with an arm or extension 11, having a guide 12, receiving and supporting the longer reciprocating rod or bar 7 and the box or casing 6 is provided at one side of its outer portion with a guide 18, also receiving the long bar 7. The vshort bar 8 is ixed to the opposite side of the inner box or casing 6, and when the operating-lever is oscillated the boxes or casin gs are oscillated simultaneously in opposite directions. rIlhis reciprocation of quickly drawn to the desiredtension.

vFach box or casing is provided with a mov- Vablejsection 14, whichfyisvpivoted at one end by a screw or othersuitable fastening device and which is secured near' its other end by a hook l5, arranged to engage a suitable headedv projection of the movable wall-section and mounted on the adjacent portion of the box .or casing. In applying a Wire to the Wirestretcher the movable wall-sections of the boxes or casings are .opened and the wi res are placed inthe boxes, after which the latter are closed. The wire is vengaged by a pivoted .or pintle17 and connected withzthescasingf or box and with the dog. -Eachgdogn is1 pro- .vided with a shank or handle'portion20;@ex-` tending through avslot 21 of th'ebox" or casing and adapted to be readily grasped to disengage the dog from the Wire. y

The wire-stretcher may be anchored adjacentto a post by any suitable means and may then be operated to stretch a wire for Ico v stapliug or otherwise securing the same to a post. The plate or support is connected by a chain 22 or other suitable connection with a clamp 23, having a pivoted cam-lever 24, having a corrugated engaging face and arranged to coperate With a flange or fixed jaw 25 for engaging a fence-Wire. When it is desired to connect the ends of a broken wire, one of the ends may be held in the clamp 23 and the other may be placed in the boxes or casings, and the device can then be operated to draw -the ends of the broken Wire together, and it will hold the same While the terminals of the broken Wire are being twisted or otherwise secured together.

It will be seen that the Wire-stretcher is eX- ceedinglysiinple and inexpensive in construction, that it is easily operated, and that it is capable of rapidly stretching fence-Wires for securing the same to fence-posts or for connecting the ends of a broken Wire.

Vhat I claim isl. AWire-stretchercomprising a'support, a lever fulcrumed on the support, the longitudinally-alined boxes provided with means for engaging a fence-Wire, the short and long reciprocating bars connecting the inner and outer boxes with the lever and pivoted to the latter at opposite sides of the fulcrum thereof, and guides extending from the support and from the inner box and receiving the long reciprocating bar, substantially as described.

2. AWire-stretchercomprisingtheboxesarranged in alinement and each provided with a movable Wall-section pivoted at one end and arranged to swing outward, a fastening device for securing the other end of the Wallsection, alever fulcrurned on the support, and bars' connected with the boxes and with the lever, substantially as described.

3. A Wire-stretcher comprising a support, a lever fulcrnmed thereon, the longitudinallyalined boxes having movable Wall-sections, spring actuated clamping dogs mounted Within the boxes and having Shanks or handle portions extending through slots thereof, bars connecting the boxes with the lever, and a clamp connected with the support, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

J AMES V. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

GEORGE YOUNG, S. O. WISHERD. 

